The verdict is in and Damon Dash isn’t gonna like it — he has to cough up more than $800,000 to the director and producers of a movie he tried to claim as his own. According to docs obtained by TMZ, Dash took the L Wednesday morning … when the jury sided with director Josh

Bruce Willis won’t be acting for the foreseeable future — and it’s all due to a medical condition he’s developed that makes it difficult, if not impossible, for him to communicate. Bruce’s daughter, Rumer, shared the sad news Wednesday … posting a photo of her dad with a pretty revealing caption about his health: “To

The doctor who Will Smith portrayed in the 2015 film “Concussion” says the actor’s physical outburst at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony isn’t indicative of who he is, and thinks when the dust settles, Will’s image will be untarnished. Dr. Bennet Omalu — portrayed by Smith — tells TMZ … the actor transformed his life for the

Some lucky bidder is walking home with a cool artifact from “The Wizard of Oz” … ’cause the Tin Man’s oil can just sold for $250K! The highly sought-after can went up for auction via Kruse GWS Auctions and was expected to fetch around $200k — but ended up snagging another $50K when it was

Play video content CBS Jim Carrey is verbalizing what a lot of people have on their minds after Hollywood collectively gave Will Smith a standing ovation following his Chris Rock slap … saying the whole thing was disgraceful. The comedian and actor tore into everyone who got on their feet Sunday after Will won for

J.K. Rowling is back in the thick of the wizarding world … hitting up the premiere for a new ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie after being noticeably absent from the recent ‘Harry Potter’ reunion. The author and creator of the wizarding franchise was front and center Tuesday for the world premiere of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of

Play video content ABC Francis Ford Coppola‘s making his ‘Godfather’ family whole again with his Oscars speech — but never-before-seen, and pretty damn epic, telegrams reveal just how heated his war was with the late Robert Evans. TMZ obtained these messages sent between Coppola and then-Paramount Studios honcho Evans way back in 1983 … and

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn’t dropping Sunday night’s Oscars incident with Will Smith and Chris Rock … opening a formal review of what went down and further condemning Will’s actions. The Academy made a statement Monday, saying “The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show. We have

The 94th Academy Awards are coming to a close, and while Will Smith definitely stole the show — for all the wrong reasons — the show was actually going swimmingly beforehand. The Dolby Theater was chock-full of stars who were dressed to the nines Sunday night — and as Oscar statuettes started to get dolled

Play video content ABC The Ukrainian war is certainly top of mind for just about everybody these days — but, for some reason, the Academy Awards apparently decided to kinda gloss over the issue. We’re almost two hours into the broadcast, and so far … there’s been minimal mention of the conflict in Europe, save

You might run into someone you know at the supermarket and stop for a chat — but when you’re as rich and famous as this group here … you do it on a fancy-schmancy runway. Check out these photos of Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis casually bumping into Leonardo DiCaprio at the Van Nuys Airport

Play video content The days of free-for-all movie theater seating is over … something one man simply couldn’t come to terms with in what turned out to be a hilarious meltdown that got him kicked out. Check out this wild scene showing an older gent getting into a shouting match with cineplex staff … all

Play video content AP The world is bracing as the prospect of WWIII looms, and all eyes are on Putin, but just as serious a threat is North Korea, and Kim Jong-Un has made that clear in a new video. It’s, well bizarre … the North Korean dictator is the star of a highly-produced video

Play video content TMZSports.com Golf star Brooks Koepka used a famous line from “Tin Cup” to shut down a group of autograph seekers at an event in Texas on Wednesday — and his channeling of David Simms was pretty spot-on. TMZ Sports has learned the 31-year-old was out on the course for his opening round

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopped on Zoom to sing the praises of two American actors who have raised tens of millions of dollars in aid … as Putin continues to rain bombs on Ukraine. President Zelensky applauded Mila Kunis — who was born in Ukraine — and her husband Ashton Kutcher, for raising nearly $35

Taylor Lautner is one step closer to unloading his multi-million dollar estate … because he’s found a buyer. According to real estate records, there is a pending sale on Taylor’s $5 million home in the Agoura Hills area of Los Angeles. Taylor’s custom mansion is 5 bedrooms and 5,647 square feet … and it’s decked

Play video content John Travolta has added a new flying machine to his aeronautical CV … a 737. JT just scored his 737 license … and he was pleased to crow about it to his 3.8 million followers, saying, “Okay, so a very proud moment in my aviation history.” He went on — and this

The Academy is finally trying to do right by Rachel Zegler … not only inviting her to be at the show … but to present one of the night’s Oscars. A report says the “West Side Story” actress was recently contacted and offered the gig — of course, the series of events over the last

One of the most famous Marilyn Monroe images, painted by the late great Andy Warhol, is going up on the auction block, and it’s expected to set a pretty amazing record … as in $200 million worth of amazing!!! You heard that right … Christie’s auction house in London is putting the painting up for

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are already taking steps to make their new mid-$50M house a home … visiting the property with family and snapping pics inside the massive estate. We’re told the two spent more than 2 hours at the Bel-Air estate over the weekend, but they didn’t go alone — J Lo’s daughter,

Play video content The little Ukrainian girl who won over hearts with her rendition of a “Frozen” song is on to bigger and better things — and that would be her country’s national anthem. 7-year-old Amelia Anisovych performed “Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy” Sunday night at the Atlas Arena in Poland, where they were holding a

Rachel Zegler was apparently iced out of this year’s Oscars ceremony, which is shocking … considering how many awards her movie/costars are up for, and how many it might win. The actress made the startling revelation this weekend, responding to a comment someone left on her recent IG post recapping a quarter of the year

Actor Samm Levine was just 19 years old when he shot “Not Another Teen Movie” — starring as the Asian-influenced character Bruce — a high school freshman who is parodying Jim Levenstein from ‘American Pie’ and Daniel LaRusso from ‘The Karate Kid.’ Samm shared this iconic role with Cody McMains who played the little brother

Identical twins Brent and Shane Kinsman were 5 years old when they ran across our screens while playing Kyle and Nigel Baker — a boisterous set of twins who made up two of the dozen Baker children in the 2003 film ‘Cheaper By The Dozen.’ The OG family comedy was packed with big named stars

Zac Efron continues to prove he’s been able to maintain one of the best bods in Hollywood for years … taking a shirtless jog on the beach in Costa Rica. The actor was spotted with some friends — both male and female — in Central America this week, unclear if he’s down there for biz,

Play video content TMZ.com If Rep. Ilhan Omar wasn’t a Marvel fan before, she is now … as the studio announced its first-ever Muslim superhero to headline a series. We caught up with the congresswoman in D.C. and she told us it was incredibly exciting … not only seeing our world diversify but also seeing

Ben Stiller got dragged into a beef between tennis star Nick Kyrgios and a heckler at a famous tournament on Thursday — and the scene was hilarious. Here’s the deal — at one point during Kyrgios’ match against Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells in California … the Australian hit a serve that caused a fan

A copy of the first-ever Marvel comic book sold at auction for $2.4 million, so presumably if the buyer does a Capital One commercial, the answer to the question, “What’s in your wallet?” — “Nothing.” Vincent Zurzolo, COO of ComicConnect.com tells TMZ … the prize was “Marvel Comics #1,” first released in 1939. The issue

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the set of “Rust,” is dealing with another crisis … they have relatives who can’t get out of Ukraine. Halyna’s husband, Matthew Hutchins, says her family is trapped in the capital city of Kyiv due to Russia’s repeated attacks on areas that had been designated as

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are going back to court to settle who defamed who once and for all — and their witness list includes a ton of A-listers … who’ll have to take the stand. With the trial set to kick off next month in Virginia, just about all the legal docs are filed